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Tours of Scotland – two castles and a distillery Looking for things to do in Edinburgh ? How about taking a tour from Edinburgh of two amazing castles and a whisky distillery ? Two ancient Scottish castles and a distillery feature in this tour – Stirling Castle Doune Castle Deanston Highland Malt Distillery Callander Balquhidder Church Doune Castle featured in Monty Python and the Holy Grail , Game of Thrones and the Outlander TV series. Stirling Castle is one of Scotland’s most impressive…

The Outlander effect has been well documented in the last few years. The most popular film locations are now looking to upgrade their facilities to cope with the demand . Outlander news from Private tours Edinburgh . Phone Edinburgh +44-131 549 9785 for information about Outlander tours and bookings . Outlander could become “a victim of its own success” due to the huge numbers of fans flocking to historic sites linked to the show. Research published in March revealed that attractions…

Looking for things to do in Edinburgh ? How about taking a tour from Edinburgh of two ancient castles and the Kelpies ? Our Kelpies and castles tour features a visit to the amazing Kelpies in Falkirk and two ancient Scottish castles in Stirling and Doune . The Kelpies and castles tours are available daily seven days a week .The tour spends up to an hour at each location . Normal pickup point is Edinburgh city centre . Five hour private tour…

In the past couple days, HBO has releases promos featuring new footage from the eighth and final season of Game of Thrones, as well as a stylistic teaser. Now, there are a bunch of new pics to sample. Game of Thrones news from Private tours Edinburgh Game of Thrones t-shirts The bulk of these photos — probably all of them, really — appear to be from the first episode, when Daenerys and her posse arrive in Winterfell. We’ve got Tyrion Lannister speaking in the…

Game of Thrones bid to boost Hadrian’s Wall visits Image copyright SKY/HBOImage caption Game of Thrones is due to return for its eighth season in April Heritage bosses hope the popularity of Game of Thrones will inspire more people to visit Hadrian’s Wall. Game of Thrones tours from Private tours Edinburgh. Phone 07305-294773 for details. They say since the popular TV show started in 2011 visitors have asked about similarities between its giant ice wall and the Roman Wall. Author George RR…

Outlander author Diana Gabaldon has received an award for boosting Scottish tourism through her fantasy saga. Outlander news from Private tours Edinburgh . The US writer, 67, received an International Contribution to Scottish Tourism award at the Scottish Thistle awards. It comes as VisitScotland published a paper detailing how sites used in the TV adaptation have seen visitors soar. The report says that set-jetting is a growing trend in Scotland, partly due to the “Outlander Effect”. Ms Gabaldon has told…